A GEORGE I PARCEL-GILT DECORATED BLACK JAPANNED CABINET-ON-CHEST
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A GEORGE I PARCEL-GILT DECORATED BLACK JAPANNED CABINET-ON-CHEST

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE I PARCEL-GILT DECORATED BLACK JAPANNED CABINET-ON-CHEST
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Decorated with Chinese figures in various pursuits, including an elephant fight, with exotic landscapes with pavilions, foliage and birds, the upper section doors with engraved brass hinged and lockplate enclosing fourteen drawers, above three long graduated drawers on later bun feet, re-decoration
70 in. (178 cm.) high; 43 in. (109.5 cm.) wide; 21½ in. (55 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

This cabinet is decorated with figures inspired by East India Company lacquer imports as recommended by Messrs Stalker and Parker in their celebrated Treatise on Japanning and Varnishing, 1688. The development of japanning in England afforded furniture makers the opportunity to offer their customers western forms of furniture and at more advantageous cost than the imported lacquered equivalent.

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